Jean-Marc Barr

Personal Info

Birthday

September 27, 1960

(64 years old)

Place of Birth

Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Jean-Marc Barr

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean-Marc Barr (born on 27 September 1960 in Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) is a French-American film actor and director. His mother is French.

His American father was in the US Air Force and served in the Second World War. Jean-Marc Barr is primarily known as an actor, but is also a film director, screenwriter and producer. Barr is bilingual in French and English: he speaks French with a nasal, hybrid accent, reminiscent of his American upbringing - with a slight American accent and occasional anglicisms in interviews - and English with a Mid-Atlantic accent.

Known For

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Dancer in the Dark

The Big Blue

Anthracite

Hope and Glory

Bad Banks

Dogville

The Pod Generation

Filmography

2025
The Academy
as Prof. Robert Copley
Meurtres en dentelles
as Antoine Duprat
2024
The Rebellious
as Mr. Verger
2023
The Pod Generation
as The Founder
Table ronde autour de Lars von Trier
as Jean-Marc Barr
This Is the End
as Self
2022
Silent Land
as diver Arnaud
2020
My Best Part
as The director
2018
The Cellar
as Milan
The Call
as (voice)
Cut Off
as Trevor De Blanc
2017
Buğday
as Erol
Dolphin Man
as Self
After the War
as Jérôme
UK18
as The Foreigner
2016
Wax - We Are The X
as Jean-Christophe Touchalier
Whoever Was Using This Bed
as Ray
2014
The Last Mirage
as Justin Livingstone
2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
as Debtor Gentleman
Big Sur
as Jack Kerouac
Manhattan Romance
as Alex
Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations
as Self
Vandal
as Paul, l'oncle
2012
And They Call It Summer
as Dino
2011
Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying
as Brian
American Translation
as William
His Mother's Eyes
as Jean-Paul Tremazan
2010
City of Shadows
as Dr. Max Orswell
Heavy Rain
as Himself
2009
Making Plans for Lena
as Nigel
Nucingen House
as William Henry James III
Parc
as Paul Marteau
2008
Baby Blues
as Dan
The Anarchist's Wife
as Pierre
2007
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
2006
The Boss of It All
as Spencer
2005
Manderlay
as Mr. Robinsson
Tara Road
as Andy
Cockles and Muscles
as Didier
Anecdotes from Europa
as Interviewee
2004
CQ2 (Seek You Too)
as Steven
2003
The Car Keys
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
Saltimbank
as Frédéric Saltim
Le Divorce
as Maitre Bertram
Dogville
as The Man with the Big Hat
2002
The Red Siren
as Hugo
Mary's Sons
as Paul
2001
Being Light
as Jack Lesterhoof
2000
blur | The Best Of
as Charmless Man (video "Charmless Man")
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
as Self
Too Much Flesh
as Lyle
Dancer in the Dark
as Norman
FreeDogme
as Himself
1998
Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday
as Ben
Ça ne se refuse pas
as Alex
What I Did for Love
as Marc
The Scarlet Tunic
as Matthaus Singer
St. Ives
as Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
1997
Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi
as Self
1996
Breaking the Waves
as Terry
Lifeline
as Patrick LeMay
Marching in Darkness
as Silvio Roatto
L'Échappée belle
as Manu Barnes
1995
Iron Horsemen
as Robert
1994
Le fils préféré
as Philippe
Les Faussaires
as Jack Baker
Death of a World Star
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
The Plague
as Jean Tarrou
1991
Europa
as Leopold Kessler
Blaze
as Victor
1988
The Big Blue
as Jacques Mayol
1987
Maurice
as French Colleague (uncredited)
Hope and Glory
as Bruce
1986
Hotel du Lac
as Alain
1985
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
as Scott
King David
as Absalom